Biography

Joanna Langford completed a Bachelor of Media Arts (Painting) at Wintec in Hamilton in 1999, and in 2004 graduated from the University of Canterbury with Master of Fine Arts (Painting). In 2006 she was awarded the Olivia Spencer-Bower Fellowship, and in 2007 the Tylee Cottage Residency at the Sarjeant Gallery in Wanganui, and the Royal Overseas League Residency in London and Scotland. Group exhibitions include Private Park, Mary Newton Gallery (2008); Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf, Te Tuhi, Auckland (2007); and Out of Erewhon, Christchurch Art Gallery (2006). Recent solo exhibitions include Brave Days, Enjoy Gallery, Wellington; Down from the Nightlands, Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui (2007); and The Quietening, Jonathan Smart Gallery, Christchurch (2007). Langford is represented by Jonathan Smart Gallery. She currently lives and works in Wellington, and in October this year will travel overseas to take up a residency in Iceland.